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arXiv 1901.05993cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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CrI $_3$隧道结中的自旋滤波

Spin filtering in CrI$_3$ tunnel junctions

Tula R. Paudel, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

摘要:

最近发现的二维范德瓦尔斯晶体的磁性引起了人们的广泛关注。在这些材料中,CrI $_3$是一种磁性半导体,在施加的磁场的影响下表现出反铁磁和铁磁有序之间的转变。在这里,使用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,我们探讨了自旋相关的隧道结形成的面心立方Cu(111)电极和CrI $_3$隧道势垒的输运。我们发现铁磁有序的四层CrI $_3$的隧穿电流的自旋极化率约为100%,与CrI $_3$中磁有序变化相关的隧穿磁电阻约为3,000%。这种行为是理解的自旋和波矢量相关的倏逝态的CrI $_3$,控制隧道电导。我们发现了一个相当大的电荷转移从铜到CrI $_3$,这增加了新的功能,在CrI $_3$为基础的隧道结的自旋过滤机制。我们的研究结果阐明了CrI 3隧道结中的自旋过滤机制,并为基于二维磁性晶体的磁阻器件的设计提供了重要的见解。

英文摘要:

The recently discovered magnetism of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals crystals have attracted a lot of attention. Among these materials is CrI$_3$ - a magnetic semiconductor exhibiting transitions between antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic orderings under the influence of an applied magnetic field. Here, using first-principles methods based on density functional theory, we explore spin-dependent transport in tunnel junctions formed of fcc Cu (111) electrodes and a CrI$_3$ tunnel barrier. We find about 100% spin polarization of the tunneling current for a ferromagnetically-ordered four-monolayer CrI$_3$ and tunneling magnetoresistance of about 3,000% associated with a change of magnetic ordering in CrI$_3$. This behavior is understood in terms of the spin and wave-vector dependent evanescent states in CrI$_3$ which control the tunneling conductance. We find a sizable charge transfer from Cu to CrI$_3$ which adds new features to the mechanism of spin-filtering in CrI$_3$-based tunnel junctions. Our results elucidate the mechanisms of spin filtering in CrI3 tunnel junctions and provide important insights for the design of magnetoresistive devices based on 2D magnetic crystals.

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